2019 Competition

Invitations to the 2019 Repêchage will be sent out through email and through teachers after the COMC 2018 official results are announced in mid-January. Competitors will have one week to complete their work and to send their solutions back by email or courier.

The Repêchage questions will be be distributed to the invited participants by email on February 13, 2019.

2018 Competition

In 2018, the CMS invited 103 students to write the Repêchage. Of these, the following 27 participants wrote solution sets that earned them an invitation to the 2018 CMO at the end of March. Congratulations!

Invitation

Students are given invitations to write the Repêchage based primarily on the results of the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC). Normally the top 50 students (approx.) from the COMC receive a direct invitation to write the CMO. The next 50-75 students normally receive an invitation to the Repêchage.

Eligibility

Students invited to write the Repêchage must complete a declaration that they meet the eligibility requirements to write the CMO. The eligibility requirements to write the CMO are as follows:

must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is in full-time attendance at an elementary or secondary school, or CEGEP since September of the year prior to the CMO;

Preparing for the Repêchage

In addition to the past Repêchage test papers, students are encouraged to use past COMC and
CMO papers to help prepare for the Repêchage. The CMS also has many
problem-solving resources available for competitors.